There is ongoing discussions about lead pipes in the country. Flint has inspired such inventory.
May 25, 2021
By Steve Carmody
Harold Harrington (click here) is a master plumber. Fixing people's pipes is what he does. But it was something he found in his own home in Flint, Mich., that disturbed him.
"This came out of my house," Harrington says as he holds a small piece of pipe. "This piece of galvanized was in my basement. It fed my upstairs faucet and this is out of my upstairs bathroom. ... It's full of lead."
Harrington is among the tens of thousands of residents of Flint whose contaminated drinking water cast a spotlight on a threat faced by communities across the United States....
Genesee County is looking for teenagers for summer work. Flint is finally putting air conditioning in eight of it's schools.
There is another way for cities across the USA can help return citizens to their best selves. Expungement should also return voting rights.
June 2, 2021
By Winter Keefer
Flint - Nearly 1,000 Genesee County residents (click here) had the opportunity to wipe their criminal record at an expungement fair held on the lawn of the Genesee County Jail Wednesday.
The Wednesday, June 2, event was the first of many expungement fairs that will take place across the state, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
Nessel, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II were all in attendance, along with many other public officials....
